Yeah, I know, I just doubt it would have been an issue on pre-contact Hawaii. That's what I meant.
It was also a different time.
When the missionaries and the Europeans (and Americans) came to Hawaii they thought of the natives as 'savages' in spite of the fact that they were skilled navigators (without instruments) and had a rich cultural heritage but as they had no written language it was assumed they were savages.
As the missionaries taught the natives to read and write, the Kingdom of Hawaii had the highest rate of literacy among its populace, and `Iolani Palace had electric lights and flush toilets before the White House did.
Fact. You can look it up if you like.
Yeah, real savages.
Stupid haoles.
Lots of times I feel ashamed of my people. Oh well.
Also, they weren't white.
I'm ashamed of my people too. The Christian missionaries' misdeeds have been well catalogued. Avaricious European colonialists used their national religion (again Christianity) as an excuse. Manifest destiny Americans using whatever excuse they could to exploit peoples and lands. None of this is exclusive to Hawaii, but Hawaii got more than its fair share of all of it.